{"product_id":"gospel-of-wealth-or-poverty-how-do-bible-verses-about-jesus-wealth-poverty-and-heaven-affect-your-income-paperback","title":"Gospel of Wealth or Poverty?: How Do Bible Verses about Jesus, Wealth, Poverty, and Heaven Affect Your Income? - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKalinda Rose Stevenson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBible Verses and Your Income\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGospel of Wealth or Poverty?\u003c\/i\u003e connects your financial status and your biblical beliefs. The question mark in the title challenges an either\/or choice between wealth or poverty based on Bible verses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWealth and poverty are significant themes in the Bible. If you focus on isolated Bible verses, you can claim that God wants you to be poor. You can also claim that God wants you to rich. But neither argument can be justified if you go beyond the verses and read whole stories set in their original social, economic, political, and religious contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Hero and Income Inequality\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe inequality scales on the book cover represent the unjust imbalance between wealth and poverty. Significant portions of the Bible focus on economic injustices inflicted by the rich rulers against the poor. This is particularly evident in the New Testament Gospel stories of Jesus about the salvation of oppressed people from the economic injustices of the ruling class.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGospel of Wealth or Poverty?\u003c\/i\u003e goes beyond an either\/or approach to eight specific statements about wealth and poverty in the New Testament gospels to see Jesus as a hero on a hero's journey about economic injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEight Misunderstood Bible Verses\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat did Jesus really say in the New Testament Gospel stories about: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"God and Mammon\" in the Beatitudes, the Gospel of Matthew\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Bread and debts\" in the Lord's Prayer, the Beatitudes, the Gospels of Matthew and Luke\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Blessed are the poor\" in the Beatitudes, the Gospels of Matthew and Luke\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Taxes to Caesar,\" the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"The money changers in the temple,\" the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"Honoring your father and your mother,\" in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"The poor widow,\" in the Gospels of Mark and Luke\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\"The rich young man,\" in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow to Become a Money Hero\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeroism responds to a threat. The New Testament gospels are whole stories about a hero who confronted income inequality at its source of power. They are not constraining rulebooks but liberating stories. Don't let misunderstood Bible verses about \"what Jesus said about money\" keep you struggling with guilt and fear about money. Get your copy of \u003ci\u003eGospel of Wealth or Poverty?\u003c\/i\u003e now to find out how you can become your own money hero.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Kalinda Rose Stevenson is an author, biblical scholar, and former teacher in theological seminaries.She offers a liberating perspective on the Bible by focusing on the impact of Bible translations on what people believe about the Bible and about themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe earned her Ph.D. in Biblical Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California, in cooperation with the University of California at Berkeley. She is a former teacher of university and theological seminary students.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs a biblical scholar, she carefully investigates translations of familiar Bible stories to show how often what people believe \"the Bible says\" is the result of misleading translations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe currently lives with her husband in North Las Vegas, Nevada, where she writes and publishes books, publishes articles on her sometimes neglected websites, works out at the gym, goes on hikes in the desert with her camera in hand, watches movies, and stays out of casinos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42586445152352,"sku":"9780692210024","price":26.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/aFJUYUpqU3VZQUNaK0Jua0gwYlkwQT09.webp?v=1771102519","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/gospel-of-wealth-or-poverty-how-do-bible-verses-about-jesus-wealth-poverty-and-heaven-affect-your-income-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}